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Exam 4: Recognizing a Firm's Intellectual Assets: Moving Beyond a Firm's Tangible Resources

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Developing and protecting social capital requires independence,in which individuals must spend most of their time working individually.

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Human capital and social capital are vital for superior firm performance.If a firm has strong human capital,the firm may exploit this by building social capital.This can be accomplished by

A) requiring workers to work independently of each other.
B) decreasing the interaction of departments within the firm.
C) encouraging the sharing of ideas between employees in the firm.
D) structuring the firm with rigid departmental and employee divisions.

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Data analytics add new information that helps predict who will leave and who will make the best employee according to Deloitte,the HR consulting company.A key advantage of the new analytics techniques over traditional approaches is that they are ________ rather than ________.

The use of sophisticated information sharing platforms has increased in recent years in many organizations.This has helped to

The dangers of email include all of the following except

One of the important limitations of social capital is that it can lead to ________ whereby people do not question shared beliefs.

Intellectual property rights are easier to define and protect than property rights for physical assets (e.g.,plant and equipment).

Social network analysis is helpful because the configuration of the group member social ties within and outside the group affects the extent to which members connect to individuals who do all of the following except

The best protection for intellectual property in the long run is likely to be the development of

In an effort to capture key employees from competitors,firms may attract the symbolic leader of a group within a competing firm and hope others will follow.This has been termed

Today,the loyalty of a knowledge worker to his or her employing firm has ________ compared to his or her loyalty to his or her profession and colleagues.

Mary Stinson was required to take over a project after the entire team left the company.She was able to reconstruct what the team had accomplished through reading emails exchanged by the members of the team.This is an example of

The least effective way to retain human capital is to

If financial rewards are a vital organizational control mechanism (whether in the form of salary,bonus,stock options or the like),why is paying people more seldom the most important factor in attracting and retaining human capital?

If employees are committed to the core ________ and ________ of the organization,they are less likely to leave for the competition.

Why does employee turnover matter to a company? What are some of the reasons why employees leave and what might entice the desirable potential boomerang employee to return?

Which of the following is not a dynamic capability?

Technology can be used successfully to leverage human capital and knowledge within organizations as well as with customers and suppliers beyond their boundaries.

Intangible assets derived mostly from human capital are on the rise,according to the advisory firm Ocean Tomo.A study of the Standard and Poors' 500 index from 1975 to 2015 demonstrated a 17 percent increase in market value of intangible assets over this time period.Companies such as Stryker get 70 percent of its value from intangibles.Intangible assets are

There are multiple challenges associated with making effective e-teams.Which of the following is not a challenge?